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I have the following entry running and I receive an email..
MAILTO=x.y@googlemail.com
* * * * * echo "blaah"
However, when I have this as a cron job, no email is received...
MAILTO=x.y@googlemail.com
* * * * * sh /scripts/mysql-backup-bak.sh >> /var/log/mysql-backup.log 2>&1
...although the script runs and sends to the log file just fine. What I'm ultimately trying to do is have it send an email for any errors. But at this point, I can't get it to send at anytime. Is this possible?
The second command doesn't produce any output because all output is redirected to the log file. So there is no output to mail. If you want a mail on errors, create output in case of error.
Like this
* * * * * sh /scripts/mysql-backup-bak.sh >> /var/log/mysql-backup.log 2>&1 || echo "something went wrong"
* * * * * echo "something went wrong" || sh /scripts/mysql-backup-bak.sh >> /var/log/mysql-backup.log 2>&1, it will both send an email and write to the logs. Now I'm just not sure how to get to send an email on errors.